| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Turda, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gaz Metan Mediaş | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSŞ Turda | |||
| Arieşul Turda | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | Bihor Oradea | 45 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Oţelul Galaţi | 48 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Steaua Bucureşti | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Gaz Metan Mediaş (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2010– | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Romania B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă, (born 12 May 1982, Turda), is a Romanian goalkeeper who plays for Gaz Metan Mediaş.
Vâtcă began his career in his home town of Turda at CSS Turda. The first important club for which he played was FC Bihor. He made his debut in Liga I (then Divizia A), on 2 May 2004, in a match against Steaua Bucureşti. He signed for €12.000 with Oţelul Galaţi in January 2006. The first match he played for Oţelul Galaţi was the shocking 3-0 away win against Dinamo Bucureşti.
He has the reputation of a good goalkeeper, with very good reflexes who sometimes makes mistakes. In the 2006-2007 season, he made 33 appearances in Liga I for lul Galaţi, having conceded 54 goals. He joined Steaua Bucureşti in the summer of 2007 for €550,000, but he did not play in any matches during the 2007/2008 season of Liga I. He played in two Romanian Cup matches, against FCM Bacău (4-0) and Unirea Urziceni (0-2).
Oţelul Galaţi wanted to sign him back after the competitional break started. Oţelul Galaţi's goalkeepers, Ismail Kouha, Paulius Grybauskas and Valentin Borş have had some bad evolutions, which made the team's board to turn their attention to Vâtcă. But, the team's president, Marius Stan, dismissed all speculation and said that Oţelul would not buy back Vâtcă. After his contract with Steaua ended, he signed with Gaz Metan Mediaş as a free agent.[1]
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